Null subjects in Englishes a comparison of British English and Asian Englishes

This book presents the first systematic quantitative study of null subjects not only in British English, but also in the contact varieties Indian, Hong Kong and Singapore English. Analysing informal spoken language, it addresses issues relevant for language contact and World Englishes, corpus lingui...

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Main Author: Schröter, Verena
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]
Series:Topics in English linguistics ; 102.
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Summary:This book presents the first systematic quantitative study of null subjects not only in British English, but also in the contact varieties Indian, Hong Kong and Singapore English. Analysing informal spoken language, it addresses issues relevant for language contact and World Englishes, corpus linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics, linguistic typology and syntax.
Physical Description:1 online resource (310 p.).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:3110649268
9783110649260
9783110645354
3110645351